I had the privilege of interviewing Chris Fisher, the Blind Woodturner. There is a lot of interest in resilience in our schools and also wider following the pandemic. Hear it from a man who has done it for real
Mar 30, 2022
31 min
For the last 20 years, education has given a priority to leadership. Sometimes the term is used rather loosely. I am in conversation with Professor Ian Craig who wants to rebalance and clarify the debate on how schools are run.
Feb 16, 2022
40 min
Dave McPartlin, the headteacher of Flakefleet Primary School in Fleetwood, talks to Max Coates about changing a culture. He took the school choir to Britain's Got Talent. They sang Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now'. Great song but a metaphor for his leadership of a school and its community.
Dec 13, 2021
30 min
A review of educational leadership, then and now. Whatever happened to the National College for School Leadership. The curious incident of the piano in the night.
Nov 12, 2021
30 min
A conversation with Dr. Russ Rook about the start of Chapel Street Trust. We discuss what it was like to create new schools and how innovative thinking and practice were gradually brought back into line. Trusts like Chapel street were the forerunners of many of the more familiar Multi-Academy Trusts operating today.
Oct 15, 2021
37 min
A conversation between Professor Max Coates and Andrew Hammond and Phil Birchinall around the incredible impact of culture on both educational performance and on shaping young lives.
All schools have a culture. However, what is it, what does it do and who is creating it?
Sep 6, 2021
38 min